Philip Heinrich directed, edited, and produced the feature length documentary that “explores the lives of individuals involved in the hobby of creating stop-motion animated films with LEGOⓇ bricks and other building toys.” Fellow producers include Zach Macias, Doug Vandegrift Jr., and Nathan Wells.
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The documentary film was a crowd funded Kickstarter project backed by 270 funders that raised $12,800 to help send the producers of the documentary around the world to interview brickfilmers. Most of those Kickstarter funders have had the opportunity to see the documentary, but the general public has not had that opportunity until now. Pre-order is available HERE for $8.99!

The interviews were filmed in 17 cities on both sides of the Atlantic. Interview filming consisted of 18 days in North America and 18 days in Europe. The film also has original animated segments along with dozens of pre-existing brickfilms. Producers Philip, Zach, and Nathan animated for three weeks “tirelessly together on a tight schedule to complete.” Seán Willis is credited as assistant editor. His task was cataloging and organizing the interview content for Philip to edit. The editing process was extensive and many revisions were made. Different cuts were “shown to various producers and audiences in order to gauge pacing and clarity.” After about 4 months of editing the film was completed. It runs 1 hour 27 minutes and has both English and French subtitles available.

Bricks In Motion has set up a Thunderclap campaign to promote the online release of the film. Check it out HERE.

LEGO ReBrick has a new stop motion contest. The “Build and Rebuild” stop motion contest wants contestants to create a stop motion brick film using your favorite LEGO Creator 3in1 set. For more information, check out the LEGO ReBrick website for rules and information about the contest. The deadline is March 22, 2017.